This photo I decided to posterize. I tried to drown out the background as much as I could. I like the posterize effect for an upclose shot like this because it really shows detail in a picutre such as where the shadows are. I really liked how the goggles ended up showing the Nissan Xterra in the refelection. I also contrasted it to bring out the darks.

This photo was taken around 11:30 when the sun was almost overhead. It really darkened the picture. I used the Curves Tool to adjust the lighting on the photo. I also adjusted the hue to bring out the blues a little more so it was not so dark. This one was a challenge just because of how dark the photo was. You can still tell by looking at the first mounatin in the foreground. Notice inbetween the tree tops how dark it is.

Fireplace now has fire

This is a photo of a fireplace that no longer is able to have a fire in it. I decided that since it is getting a little cold that this may be a fitting peice for this weeks assignment. I took a picture of an actual fireplace that is operable and meshed it into the inactive one. Thanks for checking it out!



 



This is my example of a landscape. I was driving down to Boston and decided to capture a shot of the City skyline. It was an overcast day so there was not a lot of blur, which I was happy with. If you have never been to Boston, you need to check it out. There are a lot of good photos to be had.

Slideshow

Here is my comparison picture of taking a shot in the "thirds" section. Great view of camels hump.

Framing

My second go at publishing the slideshow. Hope it works!

This is my slideshow that I have published for this weeks class. I took some shots that had to do with framing. My favorite is the shot of the resevoir. I used the fall foliage this year to frame my shot of the body of water. Check it out!!

Composition Technique

Everytime I go to take a picture now, I am always looking for it to be something that could be seen on someone's living room wall. The pictures that hang up in everyone's house are always so easy to look at and well thought out. Photo Composition has a lot to do with the idea of the picture and making sure that it is focused and finished properly. I particulary like the idea of the linear effect. When you can get a shadow, road, or river diagonally accross the photo it really makes you want to focus on the whole picture rather than just one thing. I always find myself looking at these pictures a lot longer than a picture with a certain subject in it because I want to figure out where the "line" goes.

This is the same car in the same location although I turned the light off and used natural light coming through the windows. The car is not as defined but I feel it is a little easier to look at. I still got a slight shadow as well.

Lighting Experiment

This Photo is part of my light exeriment. I have casted a downward shadow with a light bulb. I had it pointed the light directly down on the stuffed Scion TC to get the shadow underneath and brighten the color of the car.

This picture was a lot of fun. I took about 10 different shots and decided that this one really showed just one color with different lighting. This is my monochrome color scheme. After I shot this picture, which is only about the size of my foot, it gave me a different perspective on how to make scenes look larger than they actually are.

Sorry about the late post this week everyone. It has been a busy week setting up for a couple events we had over the weekend. Yesterday I was on a hike up Spruce Mountain and decided it would be a great time to take some photos. Lots of Red trees out there! Here is a my complementary photo. I decided the green and white really complimented each other very well here. It was exciting when I found this color scheme. Can you guess what it is?